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The proposals contained in the Corrupt and Illegal Practices (Amendment) Bill 1987 before Council today which forbids a candidate to use the name of another person in

without, the supporter's prior consent, in writing support of "his election campaign/are in line with the spirit

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the of $16, in that the candidate should be truthful in providing information about himself, and the integrity of a fair and honest election must be safeguarded. Indeed, it is public knowledge that in the 1985 Urban Council election, there were

genuine cases when candidates used the names of well-known

public figures in Hong Kong to endorse their own election

campaigns without proper prior consents

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being properly obtained.

The results of

public consultation on the 1986 review on District Administration; and the 1987 Review of Developments in

Representative Government borne out the need to legislate

against such undesirable practices.

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Mr. Desmond LEE and Mr. Martin LEE

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Sir, it is unfortunate that this bill gazetted at

such a late stage on 27 November 1987, and the Legislative

Council is only given 12 days to scrutinise the bill and decide on whether it should be supported, amended or rejected. Two members of the Ad hoc Group/had already criticized the Administration for the delay and suffice it to

say that in so far as their remarks described the pressure

created on the Legislative Council and the possible injustice

occurred (austa.. it may have caused to the public, because of a lack of time

A for our deliberation and taking into account public views they reflect the sentiment of the Ad hoc group. The Administration

should ensure that similar situations will not again occur.

However, Members of the Legislative Council who

attended the in-house meeting on the 27 November 1987

supported the Bill on the principle that the integrity of an

honest election must be safeguarded.

Hence an Xa poc Group Hence Ad

was formed to scrutinise the Bill. We held meetings from

the following Monday to Thursday and discussed in depth the